Looking back at his life, you can see why he was worth so much money.
The founding father of the MCU, the gold-sucking fierce general of the film industry, and the new generation of sexy male gods in Hollywood, he is "Iron Man" Robert Downey Jr.
With an unstoppable personality charm and a chaotic route, Downey's Iron Man has become a brother of the reunion. Nini, rdj, and Neizeng Gao Fushuai have a variety of nicknames and nicknames, which shows Downey's influence in China.
Some people also say that the reason why Downey's Iron Man is irreplaceable is precisely because the trajectory of the two people's lives has too many intersections - similar temperaments, similar aura, and most importantly, both of them have had a bumpy road that cannot be looked back.
So, what exactly is Downey's black history? How did he get out of the trough of life with the will of steel, and the Jedi counterattacked to become Iron Man?
As early as the 80s, Downey became the dream lover of thousands of fans with the image of the young bad boy in "Bubble Girl Expert" and "Hot Boy", and at the age of 27, he starred in "Chaplin" and won the Oscar nomination, and also played with the little spider's Aunt Mei - Melissa Tomei, and was the brightest of a generation of brat pack idol stars.
Downey's father was a director and his mother was an actress. Influenced by the artistic atmosphere, Downey showed amazing acting talent from an early age.
However, Downey's parents are also full-fledged hippies, and their three hobbies are smoking, drinking, and flying leaves. According to Downey himself, when he was 7 years old, the elder Downey taught him to fly leaves, and since then he has laid the foundation for Downey's career.
In 1996, Downey was arrested for speeding and possession of gun drugs, and police found large quantities of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in his car.
Under the control of cocaine, Downey sneaked into the house, took off his pants and lay down in a neighbor's bed and fell asleep. He sat bare-chested in the driver's seat of his Porsche, and there seemed to be countless rats crawling around in the car, while Downey kept throwing non-existent rats outside the car...
In 1997, Downey evaded his first drug test and went to jail for 6 months.
In 1999, after escaping a second drug test, Downey was sentenced to 3 years in prison, and the once-wandering celestial pride was completely reduced to a prisoner of the order, and was locked up in the same prison as the murderous Manson.
In his defense, Downey once described addiction this way: "It was as if I had shoved a shotgun into my mouth, and my fingers had been pulled on the trigger, and I knew it was going to kill people, but the seductive smell of metal still made me want to stop." ”
In 2000, when Downey was released early after serving a 16-month sentence, the first thing he did when he returned home was not to be reunited with his wife and children and hug, but to rummage through boxes and cabinets in search of hidden drugs.
The prison raid did not make Downey's prodigal son turn back, and he was diagnosed with cocaine and stability one after another, and then wandered the streets barefoot, and was even diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
"Sweetheart" kicked him out of the crew, missing Woody Allen's Twins Melenda and the classic romantic comedy "American Sweetheart.". Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" stage play could not be started because of Downey's arrest, and even after signing a contract with the set, Downey had to be temporarily deducted from salary until the film was finished. His wife couldn't bear to share a bed with an addict and take the child away.
The family is torn apart, the career is on the verge of collapse, Downey, who has dug his own grave, buries himself alive with white powder, and half of his body has fallen into the abyss of eternal disaster...
Eventually, a foul-mouthed burger and a beautiful angel pulled him back from the brink of self-destruction.
One day in 2003, Downey drove past a Burger King in a drug-laden car and nearly threw up after taking a bite of the burger he had just bought. The hamburger is still the same hamburger, but he has been poisoned, and everything in life has changed with it.
Downey drove to the beach and threw all his drugs into the sea along with his addiction. Vowed to cut off drugs from now on.
Self-helpers, helpers, Sean Penn, Mel Gibson and other industry leaders are downeons on the road to drug rehabilitation, and when working with "Black Pearl" Harry Berry on "Ghost Man", Downey really met the angel sent by God - female producer Susan Levine, and it is because of her appearance that Downey's obscure life once again has color, light and temperature. She supports Downey along the way, fighting alongside Himey, and while fighting off the poison demon with true love, she also helps Downey return to the screen.
"Thief, Beauty, Detective", "The Saint's Guide", "Charlie Bartley", "12 Houses", each of Downey's facetless films is not a mainstream blockbuster, but without exception reflects a certain stage of Downey's life - alcoholism, auditioning, frustration.
The life sediment brought about by suffering greatly perfected and enriched Downey's performance. At this time, Downey has enough life wisdom and screen aura to control a superhero with a charismatic personality, to open a steel myth of bottoming out and reborn nirvana.
In 2008, Marvel, which sold rights to eat mixed meals, decided to transform into an independent producer and opened its own movie universe, and they chose "Iron Man" as the pioneering work of MCU. Nicholas Cage, Tom Cruise, and Little Plum are all popular candidates for Iron Man on the silver screen.
Unexpectedly, the perfect candidate brought back by director Jon Feiru (Iron Man's driver) was Downey, a big poisonous worm.
Jon's decision was immediately strongly opposed by Marvel, after all, in order to establish its own movie universe, Marvel has loaned 525 million yuan to Merrill Lynch Securities as a start-up capital, which can be said to have gambled on the life of the family and become a ren if it is not successful. If you use a "tainted artist" like Downey, it is undoubtedly another venture capital.
In the end, Jon pushed the envelope to vouch for the bad Downey:
"Whether it's Downey's scandal or his exploits, we all see it in his eyes, and he, like Iron Man, must face up to his demons in order to overcome life's predicaments that are far more severe than career crises, you tell me, what is the difference between Downey and Tony?!"
Downey didn't waste any of these opportunities, soaking in the gym five days a week to prepare for the role, gaining 20 pounds in five months. Even if Marvel is only paid a pitiful 500,000, he will repeatedly polish his performance on the set, and even take the initiative to call cards to try different emotions and body movements, even in post-production, he is always on call, hard work and resentment. You know, Terrance Howard, who plays the supporting role of "Gears of War", is paid 4 million more than him!
In this way, a "blockbuster" starring a third-line tainted artist and produced by an independent film company was abandoned by major producers for 18 years, costing less than 200 million, and grabbed 580 million at the global box office. Downey completed his gorgeous turn with the screen image of a playboy, domineering president, and sexy male god. The mental journey of self-exile and lost and lost has a subtle resonance between Downey and Iron Man. This kind of movie enjoyment of the actor and the role as one is really unattainable.
Marvel, who knows what is called "True Fragrance", is not ambiguous, Downey's salary has risen from 500,000 yuan for "Iron Man" to 10 million for "Iron Man 2", 50 million for "Reunion 1", and 80 million for "Reunion 2", all the way to 100 million for "Reunion 3". One person's film remuneration accounts for one-third of the production cost, and Marvel said: "This money is spent on the blade, worth it!" ”
From cynicism to druggy, from regrouping to making a comeback, Downey's counterattack life has become an inspirational Hollywood legend. At the age of 53, he is now worth more than 250 million, and Downey's optimism, self-confidence, humor, and tenacity are not only his most charismatic screen personalities, but also the true character that supported him through those obscure years.
As the ending of Iron Man 3 tells us:
"Even without the Armor Shield, I'm still the real Iron Man!"